15N NMR studies provide insights into physico-chemical properties of room-temperature ionic liquids
- 17 May 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
- Vol. 23 (21), 12395-12407
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp01492g
Abstract
Ionic liquids (ILs) have gained a lot of attention as alternative solvents in many fields of science in the last two decades. It is known that the type of anion has a significant influence on the macroscopic properties of the IL. To gain insights into the molecular mechanisms responsible for these effects it is important to characterize these systems at the microscopic level. Such information can be obtained from nuclear spin-relaxation studies which for compounds with natural isotope abundance are typically performed using direct 1H or 13C measurements. Here we used direct 15N measurements to characterize spin relaxation of non-protonated nitrogens in imidazolium-based ILs which are liquid at ambient temperature. We report heteronuclear 1H–15N scalar coupling constants (nJHN) and 15N relaxation parameters for non-protonated nitrogens in ten 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ([C2C1IM]+)-based ILs containing a broad range of anions. The 15N relaxation rates and steady-state heteronuclear 15N–{1H} NOEs were measured using direct 15N detection at 293.2 K and two magnetic field strengths, 9.4 T and 16.4 T. The experimental data were analyzed to determine hydrodynamic characteristics of ILs and to assess the contributions to 15N relaxation from 15N chemical shift anisotropy and from 1H–15N dipolar interactions with non-bonded protons. We found that the rotational correlation times of the [C2C1IM]+ cation determined from 15N relaxation measurements at room temperature correlate linearly with the macroscopic viscosity of the ILs. Depending on the selected anion, the 15N relaxation characteristics of [C2C1IM]+ differ considerably reflecting the influence of the anion on the physicochemical properties of the IL.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (GM065334)
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